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# 1  
Old 09-24-2013
How to zip or rm the multi part named files?
Hello There,

There are more than 1000 files in my log folder and i want to zip it to relase the space. But my method throwing
syntax error due to the multi part file name, how to overcome in this ?

Code:
ls -lart | grep "MDB_Kernel11.1_gwlog_SUN 22_09_2013" | awk '{print $9,$10,$11,$12}' | head -10
MDB_Kernel11.1_gwlog_SUN 22_09_2013 09_21_34 PM_45563.log
MDB_Kernel11.1_gwlog_SUN 22_09_2013 09_21_34 PM_40460.log
MDB_Kernel11.1_gwlog_SUN 22_09_2013 09_21_34 PM_39326.log
MDB_Kernel11.1_gwlog_SUN 22_09_2013 09_21_34 PM_37854.log
MDB_Kernel11.1_gwlog_SUN 22_09_2013 09_21_34 PM_36535.log
MDB_Kernel11.1_gwlog_SUN 22_09_2013 09_21_34 PM_36162.log
MDB_Kernel11.1_gwlog_SUN 22_09_2013 09_21_34 PM_35668.log
MDB_Kernel11.1_gwlog_SUN 22_09_2013 09_21_34 PM_35190.log
MDB_Kernel11.1_gwlog_SUN 22_09_2013 09_21_34 PM_34760.log
MDB_Kernel11.1_gwlog_SUN 22_09_2013 09_21_34 PM_33756.log
for i in 'ls -lart | grep "MDB_Kernel11.1_gwlog_SUN 22_09_2013" | awk '{print $9,$10,$11,$12}' | head -10'
do
gzip $i
done

From above the files having space in between their name, so zip or remove commands throwing error. Please assist.


Gowtham.G
# 2  
Old 09-24-2013
Code:
...
gzip "$i"
...

--ahamed
# 3  
Old 09-24-2013
Code:
 
for i in 'ls -lart | grep "MDB_Kernel11.1_gwlog_SUN 22_09_2013" | awk '{print $9,$10,$11,$12}' | head -10'

Those quotes should be ` instead of '
# 4  
Old 09-24-2013
Code:
for i in MDB_Kernel11.1_gwlog_SUN\ 22_09_2013*
do
  gzip "$i"
done

--ahamed
# 5  
Old 09-24-2013
awk '{print $9,$10,$11,$12}'
This is extracting PART of the file name, you will need the full file name to perform zip or rm commands.

Code:
for i in 'ls -lart | grep "MDB_Kernel11.1_gwlog_SUN 22_09_2013"  | head -10'
do
    rm "$I"
done

# 6  
Old 09-25-2013
Thanks everyone for the reply. But am still getting the same error.


Code:
for i in `ls -lart | grep "MDB_Kernel11.1_gwlog_TUE 24_09_2013 *" | head -10 | awk '{print $9,$10,$11,$12}' `
> do
> rm "$i"
> done
rm: MDB_Kernel11.1_gwlog_TUE: A file or directory in the path name does not exist.
rm: 24_09_2013: A file or directory in the path name does not exist.
rm: 03_37_06: A file or directory in the path name does not exist.


Please help me.
# 7  
Old 09-25-2013
Faced this issue once. Do this for your gzip:

gzip '"$i"'

(Single quotes,double quotes, $i, double quotes,single quotes)
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